US EditionSpain adopts measures to move migrant minors from Canary Islands
- Spain has adopted a measure to move thousands of unaccompanied migrant minors from the Canary Islands to mainland Spain, reducing pressure on overcrowded centers.
- The reform ends a political stalemate and will consider factors like population and income when transferring minors.
- Ángel Victor Torres stated that the measure is a milestone in defending human rights for migrant minors.
- Spain has seen nearly 11,000 migrant arrivals by sea this year, a 21% decrease from the same period last year.
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The PP demands that State buildings be enabled to accommodate migrant minors from the Canary Islands
The Government will take to the Constitutional Court the Autonomous Communities that do not comply with the division. The Prosecutor’s Office will also act if a community approves not to accept more unaccompanied children and young people.
Spain Adopts Measure to Transfer Unaccompanied Migrant Minors from Canary Islands
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Spain adopted a measure Wednesday to redistribute thousands of unaccompanied underage migrants currently sheltered on the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago off northwest Africa where thousands of people arrive by boat each year trying to reach Europe. World News | Spain Adopts Measure to Transfer Unaccompanied Migrant Minors from Canary Islands.
The president of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, welcomed this Tuesday the agreement reached in the Council of Ministers that will allow the distribution of part of the almost 6,000 unaccompanied migrant minors that the autonomous community protects. “It is a very important day for the Canary Islands and for Spain,” he explained in an appearance before the media at the headquarters of the government in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. “After almost…
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